Donald Trump says intelligence agencies will have a "tremendous blot on their record" if they leaked a report claiming top intelligence officials told him about an unsubstantiated report that Russia had about him.

Before the president-elect's first new conference since late July, incoming White House press secretary Sean Spicer called the report "frankly outrageous ... highly salacious and flat-out false."

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As Trump took the stage in New York, where covered a range of topics from intelligence to health care and the economy, he thanked "a lot" of the new organizations for not running with the information, including some he said that have not always been complimentary.

"I have great respect for freedom of the press and all of that," Trump said. "There were some organizations that were so respectful, that I just went up a notch for what I think of you."

The leaked report, which was reported first by CNN before Buzzfeed published a summary of the allegations, said that Russia has compromising personal and financial information about Trump. A U.S. official told The Associated Press that both Trump and President Obama were briefed on the report by the intelligence community last week.

Trump was asked in the conference's first question if he was briefed on the report, but the president-elect replied that the meeting was confidential and it was a "disgrace" information from the meeting would be let out.

In a heated moment later in the conference, Trump lashed out at a reporter from CNN, refusing to take a question from him and calling his news organization and Buzzfeed "fake news."

Trump told Acosta, "Your organization is terrible, I'm not going to give you a question."

Acosta responded, "Mr. President-elect, that's not appropriate."

Regarding alleged Russian hacking during the presidential election, Trump said that the Democratic National Committee was "totally open to be hacked" and argued that if Russian hackers had gotten anything on him they "would have released it."

The intelligence community says the interference was intended to help the Republican defeat Democrat Hillary Clinton. Trump said the Democratic National Committee could have "had hacking defense." He praised his future chief of staff Reince Preibus, saying he ordered such a defense at the Republican National Committee.

Trump also said that "hacking is bad," but added "look at what we learned from that hacking."

Intelligence questions overwhelmed the start of a conference that originally was designed to detail how Trump's business interests would coexist with his new role as president.

Trump said last week he was offered a "number of deals" amounting to $2 billion in Dubai but "I turned it down," saying he didn't want to take advantage of the president't conflict of interest statute.

Trump's attorney Sheri Dillon detailed his plans to put all his business assets in a trust and hand control of his company to his two adult sons and a longtime business executive to allay concerns about conflicts of interest. Trump is planning to make the change by Inauguration Day, relinquish control over the Trump Organization and isolate himself from the business.

The company will do no new foreign deals but can pursue domestic one and will appoint an ethics adviser to its management team who must approve deals that could raise concerns about conflicts.

Dillon said the future first daughter will have no involvement with or management authority at the family business. Ivanka Trump has been an executive vice president at the company.

Ivanka Trump is not taking an official role in her father's administration for now. But her husband, Jared Kushner, will be serving as a senior adviser, and the family is moving to Washington. Dillon says that Ivanka Trump will be focused on getting her children settled in their new home and at their schools. She is also expected to step away from a leadership role at her own company selling clothes and jewelry.

On Obamacare, Trump said an alternative will be offered with the confirmation of his health secretary. His plan for President Barack Obama's health care law would be "repeal and replace," adding that it would be "essentially simultaneously."

Trump called the law "a complete and total disaster" and said it was "imploding." He argued that Republicans would do doing a "tremendous service" for Democrats by replacing the law.

Trump has repeatedly said that repealing and replacing "Obamacare" was a top priority, but he has never fully explained how he planned to do it. Speaker Paul Ryan has said that the House would seek to take both steps "concurrently."

Another matter Trump plans to address early in his presidency is the open spot on the Supreme Court, expecting to nominate new Supreme Court justice within two weeks of inauguration.

"We've met with numerous candidates," he said. "They're outstanding in every case."

Trump said voters supported him in part because he would nominate a conservative justice for the Supreme Court to replace Antonin Scalia. Scalia's death in early 2016 created a vacancy that was kept open as Senate Republicans blocked a hearing for Merrick Garland, President Barack Obama's nominee.

Trump said he had received recommendations for nominees from the conservative and libertarian Federalist Society and Jim DeMint, a former Republican senator from South Carolina who now leads the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank.

Regarding the economy, Trump highlighted his direct outreach to companies and repeating his campaign pledge to be "the greatest jobs producer that God created."

He beamed over plans by Fiat Chrysler to add 2,000 jobs at plants in Michigan and Ohio. He also noted that Ford would not be building a $1.6 billion plant in Mexico and would instead update an existing Michigan factory and add 700 jobs. Trump had called on Ford to not open a new factory in Mexico, although economic forces beyond the incoming administration's direct control such as gasoline prices also influenced the decision.

Trump said additional factory job announcements would be coming and "I hope General Motors will be following."

The president-elect added that he wants to bring overseas pharmaceutical manufacturing jobs to the United States, although he plans to negotiate on the prices the government pays for medication.

He also recommitted to plans to impose a border tax on manufacturers who shutter plants and move production abroad.

"There will be a major border tax on these companies that are leaving and getting away with murder," Trump said.

In other border matters, Trump promised negotiations with Mexico on the the southern border wall will begin immediately after he takes office.

Trump's team and Republicans in Congress have been discussing a plan in which American taxpayers would initially cover the costs of the wall. The president-elect says that's because he wants to get it started fast.

"What's the difference?" Trump asked. "I want to get the wall started. ... Mexico will pay for the wall, but it will be reimbursed."

Trump also pushed back on reports that his wall could wind up becoming more of a fence, insisting "it's a wall. We're going to build a wall."

Whittling down his cabinet appointments, Trump announced that he would nominate David Shulkin to lead Department of Veterans Affairs, elevating him from his current role as VA undersecretary, saying he is "fantastic" and will do a "truly great job."

The president-elect focused on veterans' issues during the presidential campaign. He says veterans have been mistreated under the Obama administration and promises to straighten things out.

The VA secretary post was one of two Cabinet posts Trump still has to fill. Agriculture secretary is the other one.

He also looked forward to next week's inauguration, talking up the anticipated massive crowds and the "beautiful" event.